[linux-audio-user] Re: favorite window Manager for making music?

pirrone pirrone at localnet.com
Sun Feb 19 17:28:13 EST 2006


thewade wrote:
> <snip>
>
> has a "desktop" and a customizable menubar able to do menus inside of 
> menus?
>
> fluxbox cant seem to display a "desktop" and iconbox only does icons 
> and isin't really a menu system.
>
> The gnome screen: http://aproximation.org/transport-screen.jpg
>
> -thewade
The,

What is it about a "desktop" that you want or need? 

I've consciously abandoned the Windows, and I guess the Macintosh 
desktop paradigm, and don't feel any need for icons, trash cans, start 
buttons, and all that other eye candy paraphernalia that makes getting 
meaningful work done look like you're employed by a nuclear (or is that 
nucular - damned you Bush!) power generating station.

GUI things seem to work fine in Flux with dragging and dropping possible 
if the particular apps are coded appropriately.  There's just no way I 
could work faster if forced to click on more things.  For me Fluxbox 
very efficiently supports a melding of command line power and graphical 
convenience.  Especially with that transparent mc thing I mentioned in 
my first posting in this thread.

Frank



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